Elymus_(plant)

<i>Elymus</i> (plant)

Elymus (plant)

Genus of grasses

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Elymus is a genus of perennial plants with approximately 150 species[5] in the grass family, related to rye, wheat, and other widely grown cereal grains.[6]

Elymus is a cosmopolitan genus, represented by species across all continents of the world.[7] Common names include couch grass, wildrye and wheatgrass.[8][9][10][11]

Species

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of 2021:[12]

  • Elymus abolinii (Drobow) Tzvelev
  • Elymus aenaeanus (Hohla & H.Scholz) W.Lippert & Meierott ex Hohla
  • Elymus afghanicus (Melderis) G.Singh
  • Elymus africanus Á.Löve
  • Elymus alaskanus (Scribn. & Merr.) Á.Löve
  • Elymus albicans (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Á.Löve
  • Elymus alienus (Keng) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus alpinus L.B.Cai
  • Elymus altissimus (Keng & S.L.Chen) Á.Löve ex B.Rong Lu
  • Elymus amgensis Tzvelev
  • Elymus angsaiensis S.L.Lu & Y.H.Wu
  • Elymus angulatus J.Presl
  • Elymus angustispiculatus S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu
  • Elymus anthosachnoides (Keng & S.L.Chen) Á.Löve ex B.Rong Lu
  • Elymus antiquus (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus × apiculatus (F.A.Tscherning) Barina
  • Elymus arcuatus (Golosk.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus aristiglumis (Keng & S.L.Chen) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus arizonicus (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Gould
  • Elymus athericus (Link) Kerguélen
  • Elymus atratus (Nevski) Hand.-Mazz.
  • Elymus bakeri (E.E.Nelson) Á.Löve
  • Elymus barbicallus (Ohwi) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus barystachyus L.B.Cai
  • Elymus borianus (Melderis) Cope
  • Elymus × brachyphyllus (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Á.Löve
  • Elymus brevipes (Keng & S.L.Chen) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus burchan-buddae (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus buschianus (Roshev.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus cacuminis B.Rong Lu & B.Salomon
  • Elymus caesifolius Á.Löve ex S.L.Chen
  • Elymus caianus S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu
  • Elymus calcicola (Keng) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus calderi Barkworth
  • Elymus californicus (Bol. ex Thurb.) Gould
  • Elymus canadensis L.
  • Elymus caninus (L.) L.
  • Elymus caucasicus (K.Koch) Tzvelev
  • Elymus cheniae (L.B.Cai) G.H.Zhu
  • Elymus churchii J.J.N.Campb.
  • Elymus ciliaris (Trin.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus clivorum Melderis
  • Elymus colorans (Melderis) Á.Löve
  • Elymus confusus (Roshev.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus cordilleranus Davidse & R.W.Pohl
  • Elymus coreanus Honda
  • Elymus curtiaristatus (L.B.Cai) S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu
  • Elymus curvatiformis (Nevski) Á.Löve
  • Elymus curvatus Piper
  • Elymus × czilikensis (Drobow) Tzvelev
  • Elymus czimganicus (Drobow) Tzvelev
  • Elymus dahuricus Turcz. ex Griseb.
  • Elymus debilis (L.B.Cai) S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu
  • Elymus dentatus (Hook.f.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus diversiglumis Scribn. & C.R.Ball
  • Elymus dolichatherus (Keng) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus dolichorhachis S.L.Lu & Y.H.Wu
  • Elymus × dorei (Bowden) Barkworth & D.R.Dewey
  • Elymus dorudicus (Assadi) Assadi
  • Elymus drobovii (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus durus (Keng) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus duthiei (Melderis) G.Singh
  • Elymus × ebingeri G.C.Tucker
  • Elymus edelbergii (Melderis) O.Andersson & Podlech
  • Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey
  • Elymus erosiglumis Melderis
  • Elymus fedtschenkoi Tzvelev
  • Elymus festucoides (Maire) Ibn Tattou
  • Elymus fibrosus (Schrenk) Tzvelev
  • Elymus formosanus (Honda) Á.Löve
  • Elymus glaberrimus (Keng & S.L.Chen) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus glaucissimus (Popov) Tzvelev
  • Elymus glaucus Buckley
  • Elymus gmelinii (Trin.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus grandis (Keng) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus × hansenii Scribn.
  • Elymus himalayanus (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus hirsutus J.Presl
  • Elymus hitchcockii Davidse
  • Elymus hoffmannii K.B.Jensen & Asay
  • Elymus hondae (Kitag.) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus hongyuanensis (L.B.Cai) S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu
  • Elymus hordeoides (Suksd.) Barkworth & D.R.Dewey
  • Elymus humidorum (Ohwi & Sakam.) Á.Löve
  • Elymus humilis (Keng & S.L.Chen) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus hybridus (Keng) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus hystrix L.
  • Elymus × incertus H.Hartmann
  • Elymus × interjacens (Melderis) G.Singh
  • Elymus interruptus Buckley
  • Elymus intramongolicus (Shan Chen & W.Gao) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus ircutensis Peschkova
  • Elymus jacquemontii (Hook.f.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus jacutensis (Drobow) Tzvelev
  • Elymus karakabinicus Kotukhov
  • Elymus khokhrjakovii Tzvelev
  • Elymus kuramensis (Melderis) Cope
  • Elymus lancangensis S.L.Lu & Y.H.Wu
  • Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Gould
  • Elymus laxinodis (L.B.Cai) S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu
  • Elymus lazicus (Boiss.) Melderis
  • Elymus leiotropis (Keng) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus lenensis (Popov) Tzvelev
  • Elymus lolioides (P.Candargy) Melderis
  • Elymus longearistatus (Boiss.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus longifolius (J.G.Sm.) Gould
  • Elymus macgregorii R.E.Brooks & J.J.N.Campb.
  • Elymus macrochaetus (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus macrourus (Turcz. ex Steud.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus magellanicus (É.Desv.) Á.Löve
  • Elymus magnicaespes D.F.Cui
  • Elymus magnipodus (L.B.Cai) S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu
  • Elymus × maltei Bowden
  • Elymus margaritae A.V.Agaf., Kobozeva & B.Salomon
  • Elymus × mayebaranus (Honda) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus mendocinus (Parodi) Á.Löve
  • Elymus × mossii (Lepage) Barkworth & D.R.Dewey
  • Elymus multisetus (J.G.Sm.) Burtt Davy
  • Elymus mutabilis (Drobow) Tzvelev
  • Elymus nakaii (Kitag.) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus nepalensis (Melderis) Melderis
  • Elymus nipponicus Jaaska
  • Elymus nodosus (Steven ex Griseb.) Melderis
  • Elymus × nothus (Melderis) G.Singh
  • Elymus nutans Griseb.
  • Elymus × palmerensis (Lepage) Barkworth & D.R.Dewey
  • Elymus panormitanus (Parl.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus patagonicus Speg.
  • Elymus pendulinus (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus petrovii Tzvelev
  • Elymus praeruptus Tzvelev
  • Elymus probatovae Tzvelev
  • Elymus pseudocaninus G.H.Zhu & S.L.Chen
  • Elymus × pseudorepens (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Barkworth & D.R.Dewey
  • Elymus puberulus (Keng) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus pulanensis (H.L.Yang) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus pungens (Pers.) Melderis
  • Elymus purpurascens (Keng) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus qingnanensis S.L.Lu & Y.H.Wu
  • Elymus repens (L.) Gould
  • Elymus retroflexus B.Rong Lu & B.Salomon
  • Elymus rhodopaeus Delip.
  • Elymus riparius Wiegand
  • Elymus russellii (Melderis) Cope
  • Elymus sajanensis (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus × saundersii Vasey
  • Elymus × saxicola Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
  • Elymus scabridulus (Ohwi) Tzvelev
  • Elymus scabrifolius (Döll) J.H.Hunz.
  • Elymus scabriglumis (Hack.) Á.Löve
  • Elymus schrenkianus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Schrenk) Tzvelev
  • Elymus schugnanicus (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus sclerophyllus (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus scribneri (Vasey) M.E.Jones
  • Elymus semicostatus (Steud.) Melderis
  • Elymus serotinus (Keng) Á.Löve ex B.Rong Lu
  • Elymus serpentinus (L.B.Cai) S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu
  • Elymus shandongensis B.Salomon
  • Elymus shirazicus Assadi
  • Elymus shouliangiae (L.B.Cai) S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu
  • Elymus sibinicus Kotukhov
  • Elymus sibiricus L.
  • Elymus sikkimensis (Melderis) Melderis
  • Elymus sinkiangensis D.F.Cui
  • Elymus sinoflexuosus S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu
  • Elymus sinosubmuticus S.L.Chen
  • Elymus smithii (Rydb.) Gould
  • Elymus × spurius (Melderis) G.Singh
  • Elymus stebbinsii Gould
  • Elymus stenostachyus (Melderis) O.Andersson & Podlech
  • Elymus strictus (Keng) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus svensonii Church
  • Elymus sylvaticus (Keng & S.L.Chen) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus tenuis (Buchanan) Á.Löve & Connor
  • Elymus tenuispicus (J.L.Yang & Y.H.Zhou) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus texensis J.J.N.Campb.
  • Elymus tibeticus (Melderis) G.Singh
  • Elymus tilcarensis (J.H.Hunz.) Á.Löve
  • Elymus transhyrcanus (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus trichospicula (L.B.Cai) S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu
  • Elymus tridentatus (C.Yen & J.L.Yang) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus troctolepis (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus tsukushiensis Honda
  • Elymus uralensis (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus × versicolor A.P.Khokhr.
  • Elymus villosus Muhl. ex Willd.
  • Elymus violaceus (Hornem.) J.Feilberg
  • Elymus virginicus L.
  • Elymus viridulus (Keng & S.L.Chen) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus vulpinus Rydb.
  • Elymus wawawaiensis J.R.Carlson & Barkworth
  • Elymus yangiae B.Rong Lu
  • Elymus × yukonensis (Scribn. & Merr.) Á.Löve
  • Elymus yushuensis (L.B.Cai) S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu
  • Elymus zadoiensis S.L.Lu & Y.H.Wu
  • Elymus zejensis Prob.
  • Elymus zhui S.L.Chen

Older classifications

Many species once considered members of Elymus are now regarded as better suited to other genera: Agropyron, Anthosachne, Brachypodium, Cenchrus, Crithopsis, Heteranthelium, Jouvea, Kengyilia, Leymus, Psathyrostachys, Stenostachys, Taeniatherum, Thinopyrum etc.[13]

References

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    Tropicos.org, retrieved 13 February 2016
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    Tropicos.org, retrieved 13 February 2016
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    Diaz, Oscar (1999). Genetic diversity in Elymus species (Triticeae) with emphasis on the Nordic region. ISBN 91-576-5493-X.
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    Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 83-84
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    Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of grasses: Common names, Scientific names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. Vol. 1. CRC Press. pp. 755–787. ISBN 9780849313035.
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    Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 400 披碱草属 pi jian cao shu Elymus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 83. 1753.
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    Flora of Pakistan Elymus Linn., Sp. Pl. 1:83. 1753. Gen. Pl., ed. 5. 36. 1754; Tzvelev, Poaceae URSS 106. 1976; Melderis in Tutin et al., Fl. Eur. 5:192. 1980.
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    Altervista Flora Italiana genere Elymus photos and distribution maps for several species
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    Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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    "Elymus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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    "The Plant List Elymus". Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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